First off, I have always looked at these forums throughout my son's high school career and thanks to all of you fine people we have received so much incredible insight. I was hoping that someone could help my son out in the situation that he is in.
He is a freshmen pitcher at a top D3 program up in the north east. He throws upper 80's and has been clocked at 90 during the past summer. He started out during fall practice throwing this hard and had his off-speed pitches working alright. Still needs to get better though with his curve and change. Although he throws with decent velocity he still has pretty good command. The problem now is this. During fall practice he started to lose everything. Some may be due to a possible arm injury. He is currently seein some sports doctor and is still being evaluated. He lost some control and once he lost that he began throwing meatballs and was getting launched during intersquad scrimmages. Couldn't get a feel for his off speed pitches and got lit up real bad. He eventually did not make the team as his velocity is down to the mid 80's. He is considering tranferring to a CC back home. Our questions are as follws...
Can he transfer now, before the end of the fall semester at his current college and enroll in the local community college for the rest off the fall?
Should he finish out the semester and then tranfer? Or would this make him ineligible to play during the spring at the CC?
I figure that I will still have to pay half a year's tuition at his current school off if he tranfers, or will I have to pay the full years? It doesnt matter either way, I was just simply curious to how this would all work.
Of course, all of this will be somewhat determined possibly if there are any real serious issues with his arm.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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